The Aberdeen Cougar girls hockey program is young, sure. And to be fair, they’ll enter this weekend’s state tournament as a 3-seed, not the perennial favorites they’ve been the last 5+ years. But don’t mistake those attributes for an untested pushover. The Cougars are prepared to contend with anyone when they take the ice at the Odde Ice Center this weekend for the South Dakota state girls hockey tournament. Aberdeen begins play Friday at 10 a.m., hosting No. 6 Oahe in the quarterfinal round of the tournament. Other first round pairings have Sioux Center vs. Mitchell at 12:30 p.m., Watertown vs. Brookings at 3 p.m., and Rushmore vs. Sioux Falls at 5:30 p.m. The Cougars have played in seven straight championship games, winning six of them, and despite graduating six seniors – and prolific ones, at that – the team has no intentions of stepping lightly.  “We do have a younger team, but the success we’ve had this season is because the team has come together